Ethical implications and social sensistivity

Question 1

Siebar and stanley (1988) socially sensitive reasearch defintion

Answer 1

reasearch that could lead to negative consequences for either the people directly involved in participation or the group of people the reasearch is about

Question 2

what the reasearchers should consider

Answer 2

• implications of the reasearch. (IQ was entirely genetic meaning top jibs would deny people based on genes)
• Use of reasearch. (e.g results used to justify laws that harm the people studied)
• Validity of research. (e.g research on single gender parents funded and carried out by right wing religious group.

Question 3

Ways reasearch can impact participants,institutions and communities. and potential examples.

Answer 3

• distressing to pps (study on how couples deal with relationship arguements and cheating, involving in depth interviews about personal experiences
  -negative comments in the media leading to lower profits and bad rep
• Self fuffiling prophecy, the pps taking the findings as fact and acting in a way that lives up to the result.
• ## Community develops negative attitude due to study. (e.g study shows small increase in violence on old people so old people become more reluctant to volunteer their time in their community.

Question 4

Ways of dealing with ethical issues

Answer 4

Breifing and debriefing

confidentiality when publishing

Question 5

Accepting ethical issues?

Answer 5

• Ethical comitties make final desicion based onn value of reasearch
• cost benefit analysis
• BPS = providing code of conduct and ethics.

Question 6

Evaluation, avoiding sensitive issues (negative)

Answer 6

• -excessive fear = certain topics and reaserch not studied